Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane! (1980) is comedy gold. Casting one of the most recognizable athletes as a straight-faced airline co-pilot, then having a kid call him out as Kareem, is still one of the funniest celebrity cameos ever put on film.
On this date in 1985, following a massive consumer backlash against "New Coke," the Coca-Cola Company yielded to public pressure and announced the return of their original 99-year-old formula, re-branding it as "Coca-Cola Classic - just 79 days later!
BITE-SIZED FACT | New Coke was briefly reintroduced in 2019 in limited quantities as a promotional tie-in for the Netflix series Stranger Things.
This woman grabbed a case of Tito’s vodka, tossed it into the Uber waiting for her, and expected the driver to help her get away. Instead, the Uber driver refused to drive, got out, opened the door, and let the delivery truck driver recover the stolen vodka.
Not everyone is willing to become part of someone else’s crime. Credit to that Uber driver for refusing to help.
This morning I saw my neighbor talking to her cat; it was obvious the poor women thought the cat understood her.
When I got home I told my dog...we laughed a lot.
Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). During his first broadcast, he improvised the entire monologue on the spot, which makes the scene even more incredible 😭🎬